Tag: software

Microsoft says ‘cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected’ as it bumps its QSP timeline to 2029

Microsoft says ‘cryptographically relevant…

For years now, security researchers have been preparing to fight against cryptanalytic attacks from future quantum computers. But Microsoft…
Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics

Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations…

As spotted by Japan’s IT Media News, a paper presented at Purdue University’s MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI…
‘A wild testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI’: Google’s electricity consumption is exponentially increasing

‘A wild testament to…

As a Brit, I’ve been thinking a lot about the climate crisis since last month’s historic heatwave. With many…
‘Meta will need to reduce or possibly stop AI investment in datacenters, as it already has excess capacity’: The AI infrastructure bubble feels the heat

‘Meta will need to…

As a PC gamer, you’ll be all too familiar with the sky-high prices of memory and storage components. To…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (November 10, 2025)

Five new Steam games…

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games:…
Dragon Age setting creator says AI push is a delusion of the executive class that’s a ‘virulent plague’ on games

Dragon Age setting creator…

With the confidence of a man whose name is on some of the best videogame stories out there, BioWare…
‘No bloat, no telemetry, no nonsense

‘No bloat, no telemetry,…

Once nothing more than a basic text editor, Windows Notepad has been expanded in recent years to become almost…
Security researchers have leveraged bad maths to get around AI safety guardrails, naming the attack method after one of 2007’s best PC games

Security researchers have leveraged…

LLMs can be most simply understood as sycophantic, ‘yes, and’ machines. To the surprise of very few, that’s gotten…
The latest SteamOS beta update includes a performance boost for GPUs with limited VRAM, though devices with iGPUs probably won’t see any gains

The latest SteamOS beta…

If there is one thing that is common across all devices that natively run SteamOS, it’s that the graphics…
Windows ‘really does suck for some people’: Ex Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer explains how he would fix the popular OS

Windows ‘really does suck…

“Windows Sucks” is the cold open to former Microsoft Engineer turned tech YouTuber, Dave Plummer’s latest video. As tongue-in-cheek…